London club cancels Instasamka concert after complaint from Russian emigre group over alleged donations to Russian troops
The London club For Your Eyes Only has canceled a concert by blogger and singer Instasamka (real name Daria Zoteeva) scheduled for November 14. The decision followed a complaint from Ksenia Maksimova, who founded the London-based Russian Democratic Society, according to the Russian news outlet Echo.
Her letter to the club said that Instasamka had sent money to Russian troops and is listed in the database of the Ukrainian website Myrotvorets. Her entry in the database says she engages in propaganda for “Russian Nazism, fascism, and Kremlin-style traditional values.”
The singer herself has denied sending money to the troops. Echo also said the evidence Myrotvorets cited consisted of Ukrainian news reports based on a post from an unreliable Telegram channel.
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